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moustache

(məstɑːʃ, US mʊstæʃ) also mustache
Word forms: plural moustaches
countable noun
Someone's moustache is the hair that grows on their upper lip. If a man has a long moustache, it is sometimes referred to as his moustaches.
He was short and bald and had a moustache.
...a heavy man with drooping moustaches.
Synonyms: whiskers, face fungus [informal], mustachio, 'tash [informal] More Synonyms of moustache
moustached adjective
...three burly, moustached middle-aged men.

moustache in British English

or US mustache (məˈstɑːʃ)
noun
1. 
the unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip, and sometimes down the sides of the mouth
2. 
a similar growth of hair or bristles (in animals) or feathers (in birds)
3. 
a mark like a moustache
Derived forms
moustached (mousˈtached) or US mustached (musˈtached)
adjective
Word origin
C16: via French from Italian mostaccio, ultimately from Doric Greek mustax upper lip

moustache in American English

(ˈmʌsˌtæʃ; məsˈtæʃ)
noun
alt. sp. of
mustache

Examples of 'moustache' in a sentence
moustache

Cops said one thug was large and bald while the other has fair hair and a moustache.
The Sun (2015)
Most of them had beards and moustaches and permanent wrinkles.
Carlos Acosta No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
Luckily they spotted my beard and moustache before they hauled me out.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Is there something about a beard or moustache that makes one a better writer?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The heavy moustache served another purpose.
Arthur Herman THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)
His prize is a pencil moustache.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They were two females, lacking the blue head and long moustaches of the male.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He has a pencil moustache and a trusty sidekick, a little terrier.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Each half of his moustache is as long and curled as an Aladdin slipper.
The Sun (2013)
The fi rst photograph was of her father, a striking man with a moustache and smiling eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was enough to make me want to slick back my non-existent fringe and grow a pencil moustache.
The Sun (2012)
A man with a moustache and a rottweiler belt buckle opens the door.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His hair was darker and more lustrous, and there was a bold pencil moustache where now there was none.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
With such a long moustache!
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
A dapper man with a moustache and a wide smile, he seems familiar.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Regulars thought the thief, who had a moustache and was wearing a hat, was a repair man.
The Sun (2007)
I loved his long hair, moustache and the way he wore his white shirt open to show his gold chain and hairy chest.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
moustache

British English: moustache /məˈstɑːʃ/ NOUN
A man's moustache is the hair that grows on his upper lip.
He has a black moustache.
  • American English: mustache
  • Arabic: شَارِبٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: bigode
  • Chinese: 小胡子
  • Croatian: brk
  • Czech: knír
  • Danish: overskæg
  • Dutch: snor
  • European Spanish: bigote
  • Finnish: viikset
  • French: moustache
  • German: Schnurrbart
  • Greek: μουστάκι
  • Italian: baffi
  • Japanese: 口ひげ
  • Korean: 콧수염
  • Norwegian: bart
  • Polish: wąsy
  • European Portuguese: bigode
  • Romanian: mustață
  • Russian: усы
  • Latin American Spanish: bigote
  • Swedish: mustasch
  • Thai: หนวด
  • Turkish: bıyık
  • Ukrainian: вуса
  • Vietnamese: ria

Chinese translation of 'moustache'

moustache

or (US) mustache
(məsˈtɑːʃ)

n (c)

  1. 髭 (zī) (根, gēn)
(noun) 
Definition
unshaved hair growing on the upper lip
He was short and bald and had a moustache.
Synonyms
whiskers
face fungus (informal)
mustachio
'tash (informal)

Nearby words of
moustache

  • mournful
  • mourning
  • mouse
  • moustache
  • mousy
  • mouth
  • mouth off

Synonyms of 'moustache'

moustache

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